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Riverlea is a large independent agricultural & construction machinery dealer, including horticultural equipment and fabrication services. Suppliers of leading brands such as CLAAS, CASE, MANITOU, AMAZONE, MCCONNEL, SMYTH, K TWO, IFOR WILLIAMS and many more.
Since Pembrokeshire features heavily in this month’s newsletter, we thought we’d gather A few Fun* Pembrokeshire Facts** for you…
Did you know that it takes 95 trees to create the 25,000 monthly copies of AgriTrader magazine that are distributed across homes and businesses in Wales and the Border Counties?
Did you know that it takes 95 trees to create the 25,000 monthly copies of AgriTrader magazine that are distributed across homes and businesses in Wales and the Border Counties?
Who are the people who make Agri Trader happen every month? It’s a small core team day-to-day – and here they are!
“With most members living in a rural community, it is important that we get together to ensure everyone feels at home while being at university.”
“The larger machines, coupled with the increased use of GPS and precision instruments, allow farmers to work a lot more efficiently in a time where labour can be scarce and expensive.”
“These days, I’m less of a farmer, more of a manager. By now we produce lamb and beef, free-range eggs for Tesco, along with rapeseed oil for our own joint-venture (with other farming friends), Blodyn Aur.”
Over the coming months we’ll hear about life at Harper Adams University from some of the Welsh students studying there – some news about their studies and their socialising!
So just before Christmas, we headed to Mwnt, a secluded, sandy beach north of Cardigan…it was ‘brisk’ (remember that icy spell? Yes, it was then), but it was empty, and perfect for etching the Agri Trader logo in the sand.
Under our new CoedAgri scheme, Agri Trader now aims to offer 100 native trees each month to farmers, smallholders and other landowners who have an unproductive or unused area that could benefit from tree planting.
Selling a machine that makes a transformational change to a customer’s business always makes me happy, especially when the customer takes the time to call back and thank you for your help.
Meinir Howells is a familiar face for those in the farming industry in Wales. Together with husband Gary and their children Sioned and Dafydd, they run Shadog, a beef and sheep farm near Llandysul.
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